Archive for June 2021

June 30, 2021 DAILY READING Luke 6:43-45 FIELD NOTES According to the Wesley Study Bible, “The prohibition against passing judgement is not based upon the inadequacy of human knowledge. In fact, we often can recognize sins in other people (“each tree is known by its own fruit,” v. 44). We are forbidden to judge others…

June 29, 2021 DAILY READING Jeremiah 21:11-14 FIELD NOTES In today’s reading Jeremiah delivers the king of Judah a divine message from God: “Execute justice, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor anyone who has been robbed.” It’s as if Jeremiah is reminding the king that his duty is to others, to the meek…

June 28, 2021 DAILY READING Galatians 6:11-18 FIELD NOTES In this letter, Paul addresses his words to the churches in Galatia primarily made up of Gentile Christians. These new Christians are facing the question of whether they must be circumcised to be considered faithful. Paul very clearly says it’s not necessary, for “a person is…

June 26, 2021 DAILY READING Psalm 92:1-4, 12-15; 2 Kings 14:1-14; Mark 4:1-20 FIELD NOTES I love the words of praise in the Psalm for today.  Let these words be your song and your prayer today.    “It is good to give thanks to the Lord,  to sing praises to your name, Most High;  to…

June 25, 2021 DAILY READING Psalm 20; 1 Samuel 10:1-8; Hebrews 11:4-7 FIELD NOTES We pick up today at the beginning of 1 Samuel chapter 10 with the culmination of the story of how Israel’s first king is anointed.  Samuel is in the process of sending Saul home after honoring him at the feast the…

June 24, 2021 DAILY READING Psalm 20; 1 Samuel 9:15-27; Hebrews 2:5-9 FIELD NOTES Today we pick up the story of Saul from where we left him.  Saul has gone into the town with his servant to find the prophet Samuel to get his help with his missing donkeys.  Samuel is waiting in town because God…

June 23, 2021 DAILY READING Psalm 108; 1 Samuel 9:1-14; Luke 11:14-28 FIELD NOTES Yesterday we read about how the Israelite people demanded that Samuel give them a king.  They rejected God’s kingship over them in favor of an earthly king to protect them.  So Samuel is going to give them what they ask.  The…

June 22, 2021 DAILY READING Psalm 108; 1 Samuel 8:1-22; Revelation 20:7-15 FIELD NOTES For the next few days, we are going to explore the passages in 1 Samuel which mark the end of the period of Judges and the beginning of the period of Kings for the Israelite people.  Once the Israelites entered the…

June 21, 2021 DAILY READING Psalm 108; 1 Samuel 7:3-15; Revelation 20:1-6 FIELD NOTES For someone who is very much a “head person,” the words of the Psalmist and of Samuel in today’s readings are both a challenge and a relief.  When I say that I am a “head person,” I mean that I focus…